ASEAN-MEMBERSHIP | Timor-Leste’s self-destructive present for ASEAN

Former East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao gestures after voting during the general election in Dili, on May 21, 2023. (AFP/VALENTINO DARIEL SOUSA )

ASEAN just celebrated its 56th anniversary on Tuesday, and this year, the official elevation of Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the regional grouping from its current status as an observer is expected to reach the final steps when ASEAN leaders regroup for their second biannual summit in Jakarta in September.

But Timor-Leste could undermine the process after its leader appeared to issue a vote of no-confidence in the increasingly powerful bloc.

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Indonesia and ASEAN do not need to persuade Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to retract his threat to stop his government’s steps toward joining ASEAN if the regional grouping cannot immediately end the state-sponsored atrocities in Myanmar. Xanana effectively demanded a quick solution to the Myanmar cause as an absolute precondition for his country’s admission to ASEAN.

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